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Palestinian representatives have accused Israel of trying to sabotage next week's peace talksafter it had announced another expansion of its settlement program on occupied territories.A senior leader told the BBC that Israel was deliberately trying to scupper any chance ofpeace. But there have been no Palestinian threats of pulling out of the talks. In an interviewwith the BBC, the Israeli government’s spokesman Mark Regev dismissed at the criticism.
“The truth is that in every peace plan even those put on the table by the internationalcommunity, whether you’re talking about the Geneva Initiative, or the Clinton parameters, allthose different international ideas to solve the solution, in all of them that the Jewishneighbours of Jerusalem and the large blocks remain part of Israel in final status at peace. Now,I'd ask you once again, If we are building in areas that in any way going to stay part of Israel,why is it such a problem?”
The peace talks are due to resume in three days time in Jerusalem. And Israel has approved alist of the first group of Palestinian prisoners to be released ahead of those talks. Thegovernment said 26 prisoners would be released including 14 from Gaza and 12 from the WestBank. Their names will be published overnight. The Israeli cabinet has approved the release ofmore than 100 Palestinian prisoners over the coming months as part of efforts to restart thepeace talks.
China is stepping up efforts to reduce the worst effects of environmental pollution caused byits breakneck economic expansion. The State Council has announced new measures to boostthe growth of the environmental technology protection sector. Marcus Herbert has more.
“The Chinese government is alarmed by recent social unrest caused by environmentaldisasters, such as chronic urban smog, or thousands of rotting pig carcasses in watersupplying the city of Shanghai. Now, the State Council has announced that it will acceleratean existing plan to ensure growth of the environmental protection industry by 15% annuallyby 2015. Over the next two years, it will pay subsidies worth more than $700bn, and eligibleforeign, as well as domestic, companies will receive tax breaks.”
The father of the fugitive American national security agency contractor Edward Snowden sayshe will soon visit his son in Russia where he has been given temporary asylum. Mr. Snowdenis wanted by the US authorities for leaking sensitive details about US surveillance programs.Lon Snowden said that he does not believe his son will receive a fair trial in the United States.From Washington Katy Watson.
“Lon Snowden said his son had spoken the truth and made huge sacrifices. His lawyer saidthey've been granted Russian visas and will be travelling to Moscow very soon, there, though besuggesting criminal defence lawyers who've got experience with people prosecuted under theEspionage Act, but there’s still no indication from Edward Snowden himself that he will beprepared to face the counts he's been charged with in a US court.”
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Thousands of protesters calling for the reinstatement of the ousted Egyptian PresidentMohammed Morsi are preparing themselves for expected moves by the security services toclear them from two huge sit-in camps in Cairo. Street vendors have been quoted as sayingthey've sold hundreds of gas masks to protesters. Senior army officers suggested thatdisperse could start as early as daybreak on Monday.
Polls have officially closed in Mali's run-off election to decide who will be the next president. Theday has been marked by pouring rain which observers say could have led to a lower turnoutthan in a previous round of voting. One of the candidates is the former Prime Minister IbrahimBoubacar Keita, who said the elections marked a change for the country.
“We are laying down the foundations of a new Mali, the foundation stone of which will, fromnow, be absolute integrity from the point of view of ethics and morality and, zero tolerancefor corruption.” Mr. Keita is running against the former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse, whosaid the country needed basic facilities like drinking water, schools and adequate health care.
A huge fire has broken out in one of the largest oil refineries in Venezuela, sending large plumesof black smoke into the sky. Venezuelan authorities have ordered the evacuation of the areaaround the Puerto La Cruz refinery. Refinery officials say a storage tank was hit by lighteningsparking the blaze. There is no word of any casualties.
Rescue workers in Argentina found another three bodies in the rubble of the residential buildinghit by a blast in the city of Rosario in the north of the country on Tuesday. The authorities,now, say 17 people were killed and four still missing. The explosion, thought to have beencaused by gas leak, injured more than 60 people, at least 10 remain in hospital. The blastdestroyed the front of a 10-story block.
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发表于 2016-7-27 22:08:55
